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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James states purity arises from a sense of sensitivity to _________.
(a) Purity.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Inconsistency.

2. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?
(a) Empiricist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Rationalist.

3. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are wary of new information.
(b) They are comforted by new information.
(c) They are angry at new information.
(d) They are accepting of new information.

4. How does James describe ineffability?
(a) The inability to express virtue.
(b) The inability to express experience.
(c) The inability to express charity.
(d) The inability to express ascetism.

5. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?
(a) Religion.
(b) Fanaticism.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Ascetism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

2. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?

3. In Lecture III, James compares mysticism to ____________.

4. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?

5. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?

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